Thursday, March 8, 2012

John 2.13-22

John 2.15 says: "Making a whip of cords, he drove all of them out of the temple, both the sheep and the cattle." This portion of scripture we will be focusing on during our Sunday morning worship services. In this passage Jesus enters into the temple and finds an atrocious sight ----- "people selling cattle, sheep and doves, and the money changers seated at their tables." (v14) When Jesus sees this he makes a whip and runs them out. This Jesus seems different than the tender and kind Jesus that makes all of his followers happy. Instead, this seems like a Jesus that comes at you with no warning and no conversation. Instead, this Jesus takes the corrupt things and throws them out of his Father's house (see v16). What do you think of this Jesus?

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Life is full of questions; is the church answering yours?

WikiWorship is an attempt to create an environment where anyone can ask a question. The Church might not always have an answer, but my prayer is that this will intentionally create the space to ask the question.

Thank you for visiting the WikiWorship site. This site began as a project that I did for a class on discipleship at Duke Divinity School, in Durham, North Carolina, USA. I was convicted by God one day during a sermon when I heard the preacher say: Are we as the Church answering questions that no one is asking? I was convicted because I have always wanted to be a Pastor that puts great emphasis on the things that are important for everyday life. After hearing this I started thinking about ways that I could answer the questions that are important to people. That is how WikiWorship came about.

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About Me

I was born in Minneapolis, MN and my family traversed our Jordan River (in other words the Mississippi River) and headed to the promised land --- North Carolina, when I was around 9 years old. So I grew up in Charlotte, NC and at 18 I decided to go back to the desert of Minneapolis, MN. I made it a whopping 3 months and moved back to Charlotte, NC. Soon I moved to Wilmington, NC and lived there for 12 years. In Wilmington I graduated from UNC - Wilmington, I got married, I had babies (4) and received a call from God into the ministry. So in July, 2006 I moved everyone to Roxboro, NC. After 7 years of serving at a wonderful church called Warren's Grove, we have now moved back to Wilmington, NC. We are starting a new faith community in downtown Wilmington called The Anchor. We are a Home School family and we love hiking, skiing, swimming, exploring, and canoeing.

Sermons by Philip Chryst

Here you can listen to two of my sermons. The first is called Tried By Fireclick hereit is 18 minutes and 15 seconds. This was from March 30th, 2008.

The second sermon is called Laughing at the Devilclick here it is 19 minutes and 46 seconds. This was from April 13th, 2008.

The third sermon is called Estimating the Costclick here it is 18 minutes and 47 seconds. This was from September 5th, 2010.

The fourth sermon is called Is There No Balm In Gilead? click here it is 26 minutes and 43 seconds. This was from September 19th, 2010.

The fifth sermon is called Dark Sayings From Of Oldclick here it is 27 minutes and 30 seconds. This was from September 25th, 2011.

Methodist Pie - Gene Autry

Click Herefor a link to this awesome song, the words are below. You are allowed to sing out loud from your desk.

I’ve down to camp meeting the other afternoonFor to hear 'em shout and sing;For to tell each other how they love one anotherAnd to make a hallelujah ring.There’s old Uncle Daniel and Brother EbenezerUncle Rufus with his lame gal, Sue,Aunt Polly and Melinda and old Mother BenderOh, you never seen a happier crew

Well they all go there for to have a good timeAnd to eat that grub so slyHave applesauce and butter, with sugar-in-the-gourdAnd a great big Methodist pie

Chorus: Oh, little chillen, I believeOh, little chillen, I believeOh, little chillen, I believeI's a Methodist till I dieI's a Methodist, Methodist, in my beliefI's a Methodist till I die.When the old grim death comes a-knocking at the doorI's a Methodist till I die

Well you ought to hear the ringing when they all get to singingThat good old “Bye and Bye”;See Jimmy McGee in the top of a treeSaid, how is this for high.

Then they caught a hold of hands and march around a ringKeep a-singing all the whileYou'd think it was a cyclone a-coming through the air,You could hear ’em shout a half a mile.Then the bell rings loud and the great big crowdBreaks ranks and up they fly,While I took ahold of the sugar in the gourd,And I cleaned up the Methodist Pie.